Lufthansa First Class Awards With Partner Miles: I Assume It's The End - Lufthansa

Lufthansa First Class Awards With Partner Miles: I Assume It's The End

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:29:25 +0000

As of June 1, 2026, Lufthansa completely stopped releasing first class award space to partner frequent flyer programs. This wasn’t the first time that had happened on a temporary basis, but as I noted, this time around definitely felt different. This ”outage” has also lasted longer than we’ve ever seen before. Now that this has…

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John M — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:06:09 +0000

IMHO, I feel this could very well to restrict partner awards during what seems like a hyper-travel event such as the World Cup. Germany is one of the primary North American gateways to Europe and even beyond, so I get it. I suspect things could slowly return beginning in August.

Riccardo C — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:05:22 +0000

I had never flown LH F/C until Dec 2023. After getting stuck at MUC in a snowstorm while trying to get to BOS I woke up one morning and scrolled to see if we had been reassigned seats to leave that day. We were stuck in Coach but had used United miles for Business seats. I looked to see if any Business seats remained through the United app. To my amazement I saw F/C seats available and for only 140K miles. I tried to book 2 seats and it went through. I never imagined that! We grabbed our stuff & headed to the Airport. Of course that flight was cancelled, too, due to snow but now we have F/C lounge staff working for us for rebooking & room for the night. We have found seats like that only available the day of or 24 hours before the flight & have done it 3 times since. But not lately. I don't even see it offered. Disappointed in LH.

loungeabuser — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 10:58:45 +0000

the game is NOT up. It's just more costly. You can buy a Bundle & Go at a discount , pay the miles plus cash co-pay, and you're out roughly $3300 , say 3200 right now because the euro is week--EACH WAY. Is this better than paying cash and earning miles and status? In most cases, such as ROM the US, definitely "YES." Accept the stock market has soared and there are a lot of people willing to do this, particularly from SFO and LAX. Look at stubhub or the cost o a ticket to the World Cup inals starting around $15,000 and then you'll get it. Me? I don't have any stocks and am retired, but if I make 3 05 international trips per year I'd spring for the Bundle and Go on one.

ron mexico — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 06:02:11 +0000

the game is officialy up after 30 years was a fun ride not buyiing miles any more straight up cash back

Throwawayname — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 01:26:52 +0000

They frequently sell miles bundles or have partner offers - I think there's currently a newspaper one that works out at something like 1.3cpm. However, my view is that LH F isn't any better than a good business class product, so I wouldn't go out of my way to fly it.

dave — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:06:45 +0000

Wait until the next pandemic or other economic catastrophe. Lufthansa will once again release space and the Spaniards will be begging for tourists. If they grovel at my feet I'll consider ...

tcdtcd — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:37:47 +0000

Are C to F upgrades using PPs still possible? How far out?

1990 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:26:44 +0000

But they’re supposedly phantom, or like, error messages when you go to checkout at UA.

VS — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 17:22:09 +0000

Lots of availability with United Mileage Plus now; all the way into May 2027!